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Nienna Formal
Nienna Head  (stay-put mesh and new skin)

Olórin Formal
Olórin Head (stay-put mesh and new skin)

When I decided that I had to do Nienna's formal gown next to complete the Aratar, I realized I had already done the formal for the person who would have been a "natural" for her companion (since I had gotten into the habit of doing "couples," one woman, one man), Ulmo. I had almost decided to just do her alone when I realized there was another character who was also a reasonable "natural," Olórin, who had been her greatest pupil.  There was another good reason to do both of them:  I had never been all that happy with their head skins; something was a little too fuzzy about Olórin's, and Nienna simply looked too young.  Hopefully, these new skins will meet with approval

As inspiration for their outfits, I went with descriptions I had written in my fanfic novel I Entulesse, of the Valar sitting in court in the Máhanaxar.  Using impressions and scanty descriptions Tolkien gave of Nienna, I made her gown in shades of dark blue, black, and gray, the blue speckled with what looked to be many tiny drops of water or tears; I also described her as being veiled in grey (as Tolkien occasionally did), which was what presented the biggest challenge, getting the thing to hang and move properly without being translucent, or looking like a nun's veil.  I'm reasonably pleased with the result (below).

Olórin's outfit, which uses the same general meshes as the second ensemble depicted on his main page, was done in whites and blues to reflect his position as a servant of Manwë, whose device is depicted on the pendant.  The circlet is an invention of my own that is derived from that same novel, and I think came off sufficiently understated to suit the character while being elaborate enough as an accessory to court clothing.  It is associated with the body mesh, and will work best with this head, which is somewhat smaller than my original mesh for the character.